“I am a rural girl; I got married at the age of 16 and my father taught me how to drive using a Peugeot car”. The incipit of Malika’s story could be the opening line of a coming-of-age novel. But her story is much more than this. The now 47-year-old Libyan woman was sent off […]
ContinueMEET – Mentoring Experiences to Empower territories
Since 2017, Cesvi is implementing educational interventions to support migrant women and mothers living in territories densely populated by immigrants, with low incomes and lack of access to social services. Cesvi works in Zingonia, an urban area in Lombardy, located between Milan and Bergamo, where the presence of foreign citizens (mostly families with children between […]
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On Saturday 27th, from 11.30 am to 1 pm (CET) Cesvi, in partnership with Enactus Italy and Punto.sud, launches the online event “Youth entrepreneurship and projects for a sustainable planet”.
ContinueAlliance2015 multi-country research: COVID-19 impacts on community resilience in the Global South
The COVID-19 pandemic is testing the resilience of communities globally, with very differentiated impacts, exacerbating existing inequities and creating new ones. Alliance2015 members jointly conducted a survey in 25 countries, covering 16,000 women, men and non-binary people in a two-month period in the final quarter of 2020. The multi-sectoral research provides striking information on the direct impacts of COVID-19 […]
ContinueCesvi and Rires’ resilience approach in Libya on Child Abuse & Neglect journal
A great achievement rewarding the fruitful collaboration between Cesvi and the Resilience Research Unit (Rires) from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Italy). The prestigious scientific magazine “Child Abuse & Neglect” has published this December the article “Principle-driven program design versus manualized programming in humanitarian settings”, authored by Francesca Giordano from Università Cattolica and Michael Ungar […]
ContinueMicron Foundation at Cesvi’s side for the Coronavirus Emergency.
Right from the very beginning of the Pandemic, the Micron Foundation decided to support Cesvi’s intervention for the Coronavirus Emergency. Their precious support was very important, since their donation allowed Cesvi to promptly face the emergency, in a very difficult moment for our city and country. The Foundation involved its employees with a successful match […]
ContinueIn Haiti to guarantee food security
Haiti has suffered from a severe economic and political crisis for several years. It is estimated that approximately one quarter of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance (Global Hunger Index 2019). It is also extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change and is poorly equipped to adapt to it. In recent years […]
ContinuePromotion of sustainable growth in Palestine
Cesvi is working in Palestine since 1994 and has become the technical leader for local authorities and international donors for any intervention aiming at improving waste management. The environmental situation in Palestine is tragic, due to lack of or not adequate waste management systems, as well as a relevant part of waste generated in Israel […]
ContinueIn Tigray, Ethiopia: kindling hope in a land of conflict
After a difficult peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 2018 that put an end to a conflict that lasted twenty years, the situation has once again worsened due to the very recent outbreak of the conflict in the Tigray region, where Cesvi works with the partner of Alliance2015 Helvetas. Ethiopia is a state in […]
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